Air deflecting device



Nov. 9, 1937. w. L. MQRRISON 2,098,255

` AIR DEFLECTING DEVICE Filed Nov. 20,' 1953 2 sheets-sheet 1 MIELE NOV 9, 1937. W. L. MoRRlsoN AIR DEFLECTING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed NOV. 20, 1953 Patented Nov. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE .Al-R DEFLECTING DEVICE i Willard L. Morrison, Lake Forrest, Ill. Application November zo, l1933, serial No. 698,769

8 Claims. *(Cl. 296-84) This invention relates to air deiiecting devices and has for its vobject tolprovide a new and improved deviceof this description. The invention has as a further object to provide an air deflect- 5 ing 'device having ya concealed friction pivot. The invention has as a further lobject to provide an air deflecting device to be used in connection with the usual sliding window, wherein there is a friction pivot mounted on a bracket fastened to 10 the inside post of the door of the automobile. The invention has further lobjects which are more particularly pointed out in the accompanying description.

' Referring now 4to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side l5 View of an automobile with one form of the air deflecting device in position;

Fig. 2 is an en1arged"fview,with parts broken away, showing the air deflecting device in position; l

o Fig. 3 is a view as seen from below, taken on line 3-3Vof Fig. 12, ofthe seat for the upper pivot of the air deecting device with the deflector glass removed; Y

Fig. i is aview lookingrdown on the top vof the 25 lower pivot, taken on "line 4 4 of Fig. l12, with the deector glass removed;

Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a view taken-on line'I-Ii of Fig. 2;

30 "Fig 7 is 4a perspective view of the bracket by whichfthe friction pivot is supported. Fig.8' is an enlarged.I sectional view takenon line 8-8 of Fig. 9, with partsbrokenlaway;v A

Fig. 9 is a sectional `view `taken on line 9-9 of as Fig. 8;

Fig. l is a perspective View of the lower pivot, with parts broken away;l

Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken on line II-II of Fig. 2;

40 Fig. 12 is a View of the front end of the windo-w `opening with the air deflecting device removed;

Fig. 13 is a perspective View of the upper pivot and the part which connects it with the glass;

45 Fig. 14 is a perspective View of the part which connects the lower pivot with the glass; and

Fig. 15 is a view taken on line I5-I5 of Fig. 14. Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several gures.

50 Referring now to the drawings, I have shown an automobile I having a front door 2 with the deflector glass 3 mounted in the window opening on the outside of the ordinary glass 4. This air deector glass 3 is mounted in the window open- 55 ing by means of two pivots, one at the upper edge thereof and the Vother at the'llower edge. Connected withjthe upper edge of the glass isa 'member' 5 Ahaving a projection 6 at the side thereof which is hollowVand `into'which is received the .upper pivot l. pivot may be mounted in 'any desired manner. I

As herein shownvthev projection 6 is threaded and has a hollow nut 8, see Fig. 8. The pivot I is mounted infthis nutrand extends through an opening in the top of the projection, as shown in Figs. Band 13. A spring 9 engages the pivot and the nut 8 and normally presses the pivot towards its seat. The nut can beadjusted toy secure thedesired adjustment, and may then be held in place by the set screw I0. A bracket II -is attached by fastening devices I2 vto the window frame and is provided with a pivot receiving recess I3, see Fig. 3, into which the end of thepivot 1 vis received. Connected with the lower edge of the glass 3-is a-member |14 which has 120 a projection I5 on-the side thereof, said projec- 'tionbeing provided .with arecess I6 into which 'is received the flat head I'I of :the lower pivot I8. The head '|11 is loosely mounted in the recess' I6. The pivot `l8r-is "provided witha section .25 I9 which `extends through thereveal, and there is preferably a piece :o-f lnon-metallic material, Vsuch as rubber or rubber compound, into whichthis section I9 isreceived, see Fig. 8. The pivot is also :provided with an :enlargement 2I. 30 'Thepivot-'I' is supported upon a;bracket attached to the inside of kthedoor post 23,*see2Fig. l2. bracket fis provided lwith the fastening pie'ce': 24, 'see q2lfan'dcl, vwhich Iis fastened Ato the door post by the fastening devices 25. The pivot may be fastened to the bracket in any desired manner.

As herein shown the bracket has a laterally extending arm 26 which projects under the reveal and which is provided at its end with a hollowed out portion 2'I. The pivot I8 passes through this hollowed out portion, as shown in Fig. 8, and the enlargement 2I fits into the upper end thereof. A spring 28 is located in this` hollowed out portion and surrounds the pivot I8 45 and bears against the enlargement 2| and the bottom of the hollowed out portion. The lower end of the pivot I8 is threaded and has on the end a nut 29 which may be tightened to compress the spring. When the spring has been properly compressed, the nut may be held against rotation by means of the pin 30. In placing the device in position, the bracket is attached to the door post and the lower pivot mounted thereon. The glass section 3, which has the members 5 55 and I 4 thereon, is then placed inv position with the recess I6 over the head I'I of the pivot I8.

The upper pivot I3 is then placed in position` and the nut I8 adjusted and fastened, the parts tor element, a pivot for pivotally connecting the top thereof in position in the window opening, a

bracket attached to a vertically extending member at the front of the Window opening and projecting under the reveal, and a vertically extendof said deilector element and supported by said bracket and means for preventing relative rotation of thejpivot and the deector element.

- 2. An. air f ldeilecting device for automobiles having a window opening, comprising a deector element, a` pivot for .pivotally connecting thetop thereof infposition in vthe window opening, a bracket attached to a vertically extending member atthe frontof theewindowopening and projecting underv the reveal, a pivot connected with the lower edge of said deflector element and supported byV said bracket, said bracket having a hollowmember through which the pivot projects, a spring in said hollow member and surrounding the pivot, and adjustable means for compressing the spring against some part of the pivot'and said hollow member said adjustable means being concealed under the window reveal. 3. An air deflecting device for automobiles having arwindow opening, comprising a deflector element, a vertically extending pivot loosely connected atf its lower end with the bottom of said deector element` and projecting through the reveal-said pivot having'its .upper end engaging the lower end of the deecton-and a bracket under the reveal and fastened. to a part of the automobile and having a part which extends under said'pivot, the pivot being supported thereon.

4. An,Y air deecting device for automobiles having ya windowopening, comprising a defiector element, there being a pivot receiving recess in the bottom of said deflector'element, a rotatable pivotrhaving its upper end' in said pivot receiving recess, said pivotrotatable about its longitudinal axis, and projecting vthrough the reveal, a bracket under the reveal and fastened to a part of the automobile and having a part which extends under said pivot, the pivot being supported thereon.

5. An air deecting device for automobiles havinga window opening, comprising a deiiector element, a pivot connected with the bottom of said deflector element and projecting through the reveal, a bracket under the reveal and fastened to aV partrof the automobile and having a parttwhichextends under' saidpivot,.the pivot being supporjzed thereon sald upper pivot removably connectedzwith the deflector so that it may Vbeplaced in position after the deector section `is mounted on the lower pivot.

6. An air defiecting device for automobiles having va windowopening, comprising a deflector ele- Y ment, a bracket fastened to a part of the automoing pivot loosely connected with theloweredge bile and projecting under the reveal, a vertically extending pivot connected with and supported upon'said bracket and having its upper end projecting through the lower reveal, a member `connected with thelower part, of saiddeilector elementi and extending along its lower edge pro-` vided with a recess, the upper end of the pivot projecting into said recess and engaging the face thereof, the upper end of the pivot and the face of said recess acting as the supporting faces for supporting the defiector element on the pivot.Y Y 7. An air defiecting device for automobiles having a window opening, comprising a deflector element, a bracket fastened to a part of the automobile and projecting under the reveal, a vertically extending pivot connected with and supported upon said bracket and having its upper end projecting through the reveal, a member connected with the lower part of said deflector element and extending along` its lower edge provided with a shallow recess into which the upper end of said pivot is received, the top of the pivot andthe recess having curvedmeeting faces. Y

Y 8. An air deflecting device for automobiles having a window opening, comprising a deilector element, a. bracket fastened to a part of the automobileand projecting under the reveal', avvertically extending pivot connected with and` supported upon said bracket and having its upper end projecting through the reveal, a member connected with the'lower part of said deflector `element and extending along its lower edge provided witha shallow recess in to which the top of said pivot is received, a pivot connected with the upper part of saiddeflector section andV adjustable to and from the reveal. 3 .Y f

' 'WIILARD L. MORRISON. 

